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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

about an expression about my English

"I have to work hard in order to prevent my English from ( deteriorating | rusting | getting rusty)."

The sentence means that I have to study hard in order to maintain my English skills.
Which do you think works best, deteriorating, rusting or getting rusty?




  

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Not rusting . Getting rusty is slang, and deteriorating is more formal. Both work, but by using prevent you've set it a little higher in tone so I would use deterioriating .

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  • Not rusting .
  • Getting rusty is slang, and deteriorating is more formal.
  • Both work, but by using prevent you've set it a little higher in tone so I would use deterioriating .
  • I think I would say to prevent my English skills from deteriorating, but it's not necessary.
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Not rusting.

Getting rusty is slang, and deteriorating is more formal. Both work, but by using prevent you've set it a little higher in tone so I would use deterioriating.

I think I would say to prevent my English skills from deteriorating, but it's not necessary.
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Grammar Geek, thank you for your response.
So, according to your explanation, 'I have to work hard in order to prevent my English skills from deteriorating.' is the best.

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It's the best choice (in my opinion) if you want to be formal.

I have to work hard to keep my English from getting rusty is just fine if you want to be a little less formal.
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Got it.
GG, thank you for your help.
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